Proteomics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: The treasure hunt for countermeasures against an old disease

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Baarda, Benjamin I ^a   Sikora, Aleksandra E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Drugs; Gonorrhea; Molecular targets; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Proteomics; Surveillance; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEOME; SPECTINOMYCIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFILM; DRUG TARGETING; GONORRHEA; ISOBARIC TAGGING FOR RELATIVE AND ABSOLUTE QUANTIFICATION; ISOTOPE CODED AFFINITY TAG; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; STABLE ISOTOPE LABELING BY AMINO ACIDS IN CELL CULTURE;

EID: 84946822224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01190     Document Type: Review

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